1. How to Study the Bible Lesson 8 Reading Thoughtfully Genesis 5:21-31:7:11

2. The Step of observation requires you to assume the role of a biblical detective, searching for CLUES that will help you understand the meaning of the text.

3. Genesis 5:21-31:7:11

5. Enoch ) is a character who appears in the Book of Genesis and a figure in the Generations of Adam. Enoch is described as the great-great- great-great grandson of Adam (through Seth) (Gen 5:3-18), the son of Jared, the father of Methuselah, and the great-grandfather of Noah. The text reads—uniquely in the Generations—that Enoch "walked with God: and he was not; for God took him", (Gen 5:22-29). The Christian New Testament also has three references to Enoch (Luke 3:37, Hebrews 11: 5, Epistle of Jude 1:14–15).Book of GenesisGenerations of AdamSethGen 5:3-18JaredMethuselahNoahGen 5:22-29

6. According to the Hebrew Bible, Methuselah is purported to be the oldest person to ever live. Extra- biblical tradition maintains that he died on the 11th of Cheshvan of the year 1656 (Anno Mundi, after Creation), at the age of 969, seven days before the beginning of the Great Flood.Hebrew BibleCheshvanAnno MundiGreat Flood

7. Genesis 6 Expanded Bible 6 The number of people on earth began to ·grow [multiply], and daughters were born to them. 2 When the ·sons of God may refer to godly men among Seth’s descendants (ch. 5), or noble men, or angels saw that ·these girls the daughters of men/human beings; either evil women among Cain’s descendants (4:17–24), poor women, or simply mortal women were beautiful, they married any of them they chose though their identity is unclear, their marriage clearly violated a boundary.ch. 54:17–24